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The Bedouin of CyrenaicaBook 1990 • Peters, Emrys L. -1987 et al.
Libyan Bedouin • Africa > Northern Africa
This is one of the best ethnographies ever written. Peters provides very detailed and insightful accounts of feuding, lineage organization, gift-giving, bridewealth, and patron-client relations among the Bedouin of northern Libya. He critiques conven...